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Martin A. Locke is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with extensive work in soil science, environmental chemistry, water science and technology, plant science, and ecology.

The main topics of their research include soil and water nutrient dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, soil erosion and sediment transport, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, irrigation practices and water management, hydrology and sediment transport processes, and pesticide and herbicide environmental studies.

Frequent co-authors in their research are Matthew T. Moore, L. Jason Krutz, Ronald L. Bingner, Richard E. Lizotte, and Drew M. Gholson.

They have regularly published in these venues:

  • Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
  • Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Representative publications include:

  • "Trends in Land Use, Irrigation, and Streamflow Alteration in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain," 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "Estimating sorption of monovalent acidic herbicides at different pH levels using a single sorption coefficient," 2020, Pest Management Science
  • "Quantifying the impacts of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project watershed assessments: The first fifteen years," 2020, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
  • "Dynamics of Soil Organic Carbon and CO2 Flux under Cover Crop and No-Till Management in Soybean Cropping Systems of the Mid-South (USA)," 2022, Environments
  • "An integrated watershed and water quality modeling system to study lake water quality responses to agricultural management practices," 2023, Environmental Modelling & Software

Best Publications

  • Herbicide-soil interactions in reduced tillage and plant residue management systems

    Martin A. Locke;Charles T. Bryson

  • Assessing indices for predicting potential nitrogen mineralization in soils under different management systems.

    Harry H. Schomberg;Sirio Wietholter;Timothy S. Griffin;D. Wayne Reeves

  • Weed Management in conservation crop production systems

    Martin A. Locke;Krishna N. Reddy;Robert M. Zablotowicz

  • A Review of effectiveness of vegetative buffers on sediment trapping in agricultural areas

    Yongping Yuan;Ronald L. Bingner;Martin A. Locke

  • Spatial Variability of Soil Properties and Weed Populations in the Mississippi Delta

    L.A. Gaston;M.A. Locke;R.M. Zablotowicz;K.N. Reddy

  • Cover crop, tillage, and herbicide effects on weeds, soil properties, microbial populations, and soybean yield

    Krishna N. Reddy;Robert M. Zablotowicz;Martin A. Locke;Clifford H. Koger

  • The challenge of documenting water quality benefits of conservation practices: a review of USDA-ARS's conservation effects assessment project watershed studies

    M. D. Tomer;M. A. Locke

  • Nutrient mitigation capacity in Mississippi Delta, USA drainage ditches.

    M.T. Moore;R. Kröger;M.A. Locke;R.F. Cullum

  • Integrated management of in-field, edge-of-field, and after-field buffers

    Seth M. Dabney;Matthew T. Moore;Martin A. Locke

  • NH4OAc-EDTA-EXTRACTABLE PHOSPHORUS AS A SOIL TEST PROCEDURE

    F. M. Hons;L. A. Larson-Vollmer;M. A. Locke

  • Glutathione-S-Transferase Activity and Metabolism of Glutathione Conjugates by Rhizosphere Bacteria

    R M Zablotowicz;R E Hoagland;M A Locke;W J Hickey

  • Chlorimuron ethyl sorption and desorption kinetics in soils and herbicide-desiccated cover crop residues

    Krishna N. Reddy;Martin A. Locke;Stephen C. Wagner;Robert M. Zablotowicz

  • Evaluating strategies for sustainable intensification of US agriculture through the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research network

    S Spiegal;B T Bestelmeyer;D W Archer;D J Augustine

  • Advancing the sustainability of US agriculture through long-term research

    P. J. A. Kleinman;S. Spiegal;J. R. Rigby;S. C. Goslee

  • Sulfentrazone sorption, desorption, and mineralization in soils from two tillage systems.

    Krishna N. Reddy;Martin A. Locke

  • Chlorimuron Adsorption, Desorption, and Degradation in Soils from Conventional Tillage and No-Tillage Systems

    Krishna N. Reddy;Robert M. Zablotowicz;Martin A. Locke

  • Microbiological characteristics of a vegetative buffer strip soil and degradation and sorption of metolachlor

    W. J. Staddon;W. J. Staddon;M. A. Locke;R. M. Zablotowicz

  • Microbial adaptation for accelerated atrazine mineralization/ degradation in Mississippi Delta soils

    Robert M. Zablotowicz;Mark A. Weaver;Martin A. Locke

  • Sorption-desorption kinetics of alachlor in surface soil from two soybean tillage systems

    Martin A. Locke

  • Mitigation of two pyrethroid insecticides in a Mississippi Delta constructed wetland.

    M T Moore;C M Cooper;S Smith;R F Cullum

  • Evaluating the influence of wetland vegetation on chemical residence time in Mississippi Delta drainage ditches.

    R. Kröger;M.T. Moore;M.A. Locke;R.F. Cullum

Frequent Co-Authors

Krishna N. Reddy
Krishna N. Reddy Agricultural Research Service
Robert M. Zablotowicz
Robert M. Zablotowicz United States Department of Agriculture
Matthew T. Moore
Matthew T. Moore University of Kansas
Charles M. Cooper
Charles M. Cooper Agricultural Research Service
Robert E. Hoagland
Robert E. Hoagland Agricultural Research Service
Peter J. A. Kleinman
Peter J. A. Kleinman Agricultural Research Service
Jean L. Steiner
Jean L. Steiner Agricultural Research Service
C. W. Wood
C. W. Wood Auburn University
David R. Huggins
David R. Huggins Washington State University
David C. Goodrich
David C. Goodrich US Department of Agriculture

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